SPIRITS/VODKA/WHISKY

Question 1

What you know about Vodka?

Answer 1

*Distilled in a continuous still producing a colorless neutral spirit.
*Best Vodka is produced from rye, molasses or other grains.

Question 2

How Whisky, Whiskey, Rye, & Bourbon are produced?

Answer 2

*By distilling the fermented wash (wart) which is made from unmalted barley, malted barley, maize, rye and water.

Question 3

What are the 5 Regions that Scotch malt whisky may be produced?

Answer 3

*Highlands
*Islands
*Campbeltown
*Islay
*Lowlands

Question 4

How is Malt whisky produced?

Answer 4

*Barley is malted by steeping it in water, and then spreading it out on a concrete floor in a warm atmosphere.

*The grains germinate, converting the starch into sugar and germination is stopped by heating the grains over a peat fire, and peat smoke adds to the flavor of the Scotch.

*The malt is cracked, added to a boiling water in a mush tun, and sugar and flavors are extracted.
The liquid (wort) then is fermented with addition of yeast and twice distilled in a pot still.

Question 5

What is the ageing requirements for Scotch whisky?

Answer 5

*Must be matured in Scotland in cask for min of 3 years by low.

Question 6

Describe Irish Whiskey production?

Answer 6

*Made in Ireland from malted & unmalted barley and some grain.
*The germination is stopped by heating the grains in a closed kiln rather than on a peat fire.

Question 7

Give an example of a Irish single malt whiskey?

Answer 7

*Bushmills
*Jameson
*Connemara

Question 8

Describe American rye whiskey?

Answer 8

*Distilled from a wash containing a min of 51% rye. in a continuous still and aged for a min of 2 years (usually 4) in new charred oak barrels.